Repatriated Profit

Repatriated Profit

Profit earned in a foreign country that one wishes to bring into the borders of one's own country. For example, a corporation in the United States may repatriate the profits earned by a French subsidiary. Repatriated profit may be subject to special tax rules.

Ireland has its large repatriated profit flows, of course, but these are paid for by the massive increases in exports from the new direct investments, not -- as in New Zealand -- by further borrowings and asset sales on the capital account.

Toyota's latest operating profit rose 20 per cent -- largely owing to cost cuts and a sharp decline in the yen, which inflates the value of exporters' repatriated profits -- even as sales edged lower to 8.

While strong handset sales grab the headlines, more than doubling profit growth, other businesses such as chips and consumer electronics are battling weak prices and demand and a limping euro, which eats away at repatriated profits.

Worries for the health of the world's third-largest economy have increased as exporters face a soaring yen that eats into repatriated profits and as demand softens both at home and abroad amid fears of a global recession.

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